Search results for query: *

Looking for direction to great resources around building breeding groups based on feather colors … I’ve read/watched all about size (for meat) and disposition (out with the bullies) and I get that the celadon are recessive, etc. I’ve seen the “plumage genetics” page on southwest gamebirds but...

Nervous newbie here! TOTALLY new to quail. TOTALLY new to incubating. Did tons of "research" but now that the eggs have arrived I'm nervous and questioning my every move. We got a Nuture Right 360. For a first attempt, we planned to just double up the eggs on the chicken egg turner it came with...

Looking for folks with experience (not hearsay) with whether certain feather patterns fair better as free range birds over others. FOR EXAMPLE (aka, the hearsay): - that black feathered birds are less likely to be picked off b/c predators confuse them for crows - or that white feathered birds...

Well our plans have changed, as plans do . . . Monday morning quarterback says we should have had the coop/run TOTALLY READY before ever getting the chicks - but here we are . . . So half of my girls will be 6 weeks old on Monday and half will be 5 weeks old on Monday. We are in NE Georgia - if...

Hey Folks - thanks in advance for any suggestions! FYI - - - We are NEW to chickens . . . on ~6.5 acres in NE Georgia . . . my girls are at 5 and 6 weeks and doing great . . . they are inside and I am no longer using heat - they are happy (BUT it stays 70ish at night) with temps in the 60s today...

Oh how I have enjoyed scrolling through the MANY posts about Ameraucanas vs Easter Eggers vs Olive Eggers. Fascinating!!! That said, I have been dying to enter the world of chickens for YEARS and finally got to the point in life where I could dive in . . . convienently, my older son is also...